United States West Grand Prix 1978: results

Round 4 of the 1978 season, 2 April 1978, at Long Beach. Carlos Reutemann won for Ferrari from pole position. Fastest lap: Alan Jones, 1:22.215 (lap 27).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:52:01.301	9
2	Mario Andretti	Lotus	+11.061	6
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	+28.951	4
4	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	+45.603	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1:22.884	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+1 lap	1
7	Alan Jones	Williams	+1 lap	0
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+1 lap	0
9	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	+1 lap	0
10	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	+1 lap	0
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	+5 laps	0
12	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	Accident	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	Accident	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	Transmission	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Turbo	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Accident	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	Ignition	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	Gearbox	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	ATS	Brakes	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	Engine	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	Accident	0
DNS	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	Accident in practice	0
DNS	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	Accident in practice	0
DNQ	Brett Lunger	McLaren	—	0
DNQ	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	—	0
DNPQ	Keke Rosberg	Theodore	—	0
DNPQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	—	0
DNPQ	Danny Ongais	Shadow	—	0
DNPQ	Derek Daly	Hesketh	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus
5	John Watson	Brabham
6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
7	James Hunt	McLaren
8	Alan Jones	Williams
9	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
10	Jody Scheckter	Wolf
11	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
16	Jochen Mass	ATS
17	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees
18	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS
20	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow
21	Arturo Merzario	Merzario
22	Rupert Keegan	Surtees
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow
24	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
25	Brett Lunger	McLaren
26	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign